Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care Surgery - Duke Regional

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care Surgery - Duke Regional at Duke a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Surgery nurse practitioner listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

This score reflects a generally positive work environment with some areas for improvement. Clinicians should evaluate scheduling and workload expectations carefully.

This Surgery position at Duke is open to nurse practitioner candidates.

Nurse Practitioners are among the fastest-growing healthcare professions, with expanding scope of practice in many states and strong demand for telehealth and primary care roles.

This position is based in United States.

Key skills and qualifications: Acute care surgery, Patient assessment, Diagnostic procedures, Therapeutic procedures, Suture removal, Drain removal, Excision of lesions, Patient education. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this Surgery role.

Core responsibilities: The Advanced Practice Provider will collaborate with attending physicians to perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, manage patient care in an outpatient clinic, and conduct physical examinations. They are responsible for ordering laboratory studies, prescribing medications, and participating...